LATIN DICTIONARYLexicon Latīnum
noun · femininefirst declension

univira

univira f (genitive univirae)
Classical[ʊˈnɪ.wɪ.ra]Ecclesiastical[uˈniː.vi.ra]

Meaning

  1. Late LatinfeminineWoman that has only had one husband
    In nuptiis Romanis, pronubam esse univiram oportuit.In Roman weddings, it was proper for the pronuba to be a woman who had only had one husband.
    alia sacra coronat univira, alia multivira, et magna religione conquiritur quae plura possit adulteria numerare.Some sacred places are crowned by a woman married once, others by a woman married many times, and those who are able to count more adulteries are sought after with religious zeal.Minucius Felix, Octavius 22

Declension

declension
formsingularplural
nominativeuniviraunivirae
genitiveuniviraeunivirārum
dativeuniviraeunivirīs
accusativeuniviramunivirās
ablativeunivirāunivirīs
vocativeuniviraunivirae

ūnĭvĭra (ūnĭvĭrĭa, Treb. XXX. Tyrann. 32; Inscr. Grut. 307, 3), ae, f. unusvir,
I. a woman that has had only one husband (post-class.), Tert. Exhort. ad Castit. 13; Hier. adv. Jovin. 1, 11.—Adj.: univira viduitas, Tert. adv. Psych. 8.

Origins

  1. Proto-Indo-European*ís?
  2. Proto-Indo-European*h₁óynos
  3. Proto-Italic*oinos
  4. Old Latinoinos
  5. Latinunivira

Latin vir Latin univira From ūnus (one) + vir (man).

Quick answers

What does univira mean in Latin?
univira, a noun, means “Woman that has only had one husband”.
What is the genitive of univira?
The genitive singular is univirae. univira is feminine, first declension.
How do you pronounce univira?
In classical Latin, [ʊˈnɪ.wɪ.ra]; in ecclesiastical (church) Latin, [uˈniː.vi.ra].
Where does univira come from?
Proto-Indo-European *ís? → Proto-Indo-European *h₁óynos → Proto-Italic *oinos → Old Latin oinos → Latin univira.